Cantonese words starting with B

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To divine by tossing coins; to practice divination.

Oracle tortoise shell used for divination.

To choose a place to live or settle down.

buk1 gung1 maa5 tau4

卜公碼頭卜公码头

Blake Pier, a historical pier originally located in Central and later reassembled in Stanley, Hong Kong.

To divine; to practice divination, particularly using the Eight Trigrams (bagua).

Oracle bone; animal bones or turtle shells used in ancient Chinese divination.

Porphyrin, an organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll.

To predict by divining, or to consult an oracle.

Divination; fortune-telling using tortoise shells, milfoil stalks, or other methods.

To book a seat; to make a reservation for a table or place.

To choose a capital city or a burial place by divination.

buk1 zau3 buk1 je6

卜晝卜夜卜昼卜夜

Day and night; continuously without stopping.

To divine, prophesy, or foretell the future.

To consult an oracle to forecast the outcome of a war.

A trap or prank, or something that is highly disappointing and falls far short of expectations.

Servant; a person performing duties for others.

A type of tree from the elm family.

Name of an ancient river and place in China.

To lie prone or sit with one's face down and head resting on one's arms as a pillow.

Protactinium, a radioactive chemical element with atomic number 91.

An old loanword for a waiter, from the English "boy".

Waterfall; a place where a stream or river flows over a vertical drop or cliff.

To beat or pound intensely, typically describing one's heart.

Servant, follower, or henchman.

To get down, lie down, or crouch low.

A term of abuse for a boy or a man, such as a "little bastard" or "little shit".

Public appearance, exposure, or visibility.

Servant; a domestic worker hired to do chores and attend to a household master.

Servant; domestic worker.

Puyang, a prefecture-level city in Henan, China.

buk6 joeng4 jyun6

濮陽縣濮阳县

Puyang County, a county in Puyang, Henan.

buk6 joeng4 si5

濮陽市濮阳市

Puyang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province.

To expose to the elements, air, or light; exposure.

The game of hide-and-seek.

buk6 nei5 go3 gaai1

仆你個街仆你个街

An expression used to curse someone, wishing them to drop dead in the street; drop dead, go to hell, or screw you.

To be exposed to strong, blazing sunlight.

To fail utterly or mess up completely.

To move; to transport something from one place to another.

To call for reinforcements or ask others for help.

bun1 ceot1 heoi3

To move out of a place; to vacate.

To relocate or move to another location.

搬遷戶搬迁户

A person or household that has to be relocated, often to make way for a construction project.

To request, invite, or call upon someone for help or to perform a task.

To move house, office, or venue.

To move or shift something heavy from one place to another.

To move house or change one's residence.

To pass on stories, sow dissension, or tell tales.

bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3

搬起石頭砸自己的腳搬起石头砸自己的脚

To harm oneself by one's own actions; to shoot oneself in the foot.

bun1 hyun3 tau4

搬楦頭搬楦头

To change jobs or move to a different workplace.

To move, shift, or relocate something; to move house.